The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτρᾱχύς“rough”
- French · derived fromtrachyte
- English todaytrachyte
From French trachyte, from Ancient Greek τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
trachyte
Today it means: A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase. Full definition →
French trachyte ← Ancient Greek τρᾱχύς